Territory of Hawaii v. Kunimoto

In No. 15620, Defendant Alvin Mark Sequin (Alvin) appeals the part of the circuit courts August 28, 1991 judgment that convicted him of Count 3, Place to Keep Firearm Loaded With Ammunition, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 134-6(c), (d) (Supp. 1991). More specifically, Alvin appeals the April 17, 1991 order denying his November 27, 1990 motion to suppress evidence. The question is whether the circuit court was right or wrong when it decided that the actions of the police, when they saw and took possession of the loaded semi-automatic handgun (Handgun I) from the car Alvin had been driving, did not constitute an illegal search and seizure. Our answer is that it was right.